An entertaining novel that restores a sense of lightness to life.
With wit and precise dialogues, Stefan Gärtner sidesteps life’s weightier matters to explore what it means to leave, arrive, and stay behind.
A misdirected letter sets everything in motion: college dropout and bartender Carlo has fallen in love with a chambermaid in Lisbon, who is unaware of his feelings. When he tries to contact her via the hotel, the reply letter ends up a few doors down with Carla, a bookshop owner who is entamgled in her own romantic confusions. Carla, a red wine lover, comes up with a crazy idea: a trip for three in her neighbours ancient Mercedes from Hanover to Lisbon to save Carlo, who is deeply in love, from serious saudade; and to leave everything behind for a while.
»This novel is pure joy, a marvel of humanity and warmth, wit, elegance, and lightness.« (Edo Reents, FAZ)
»A melancholic and humorous novel about people and how their lives get more and more messed up as they grow older. A book with a very memorable narrative voice that reads as light as a feather.« (Literarisches Reiserätsel)
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